just might violence against children. this is d.w. news live from berlin u.s. special counsel robert muller says his report into russian interference in the u.s. election does not exonerate president trump this was his 1st public comments in support meant to me years ago the president responded by tweeting case closed also on the program to become the next british prime minister. told he must appear in

court about occasions that he knowingly lied about bret's safety in the run up to the 2016 referendum. i'm phil graham welcome to the program in his 1st public comment on his 2 year investigation into russian interference in the 2016 u.s. election special counsel robert muller has said that his report does not exonerate the president speaking in washington mr maule a sense that if he had been confident president trump had not committees a crime his report would have said so he also said his investigation did find that russia attempted to interfere in the action is tomorrow also appeared to rule out testifying before congress saying that his testimony was in the investigations reports and that he had nothing to add interference in the 26 let's get more from

t.w. correspondent to all of a silence in the washington welcome all of a tell us more about what robert mueller has been saying. well there was a very dramatic moment here 2 after 2 years of complete and utter silence this was the very 1st moment that robert mahler took to the public that robert muller spoke and addressed the public about the findings off his report on the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election so since the start of this investigation he did not speak out publicly this was the 1st time he did and his findings came as a setback for the u.s. president as well for the attorney general william barr and he said the president cannot be charged while in office so this is certainly this was known before but if you want to read between the lines what robert s. mahler said here today was that if they could have done it if they could have indicted the president then they would have done that and he also said that only

because of the law situation and because of the principles of the department of justice he could not move on and inside the president on the question of struction of justice and so that is certainly a setback for the u.s. president who has been calling this investigation an illegal which on that certainly sounds a bit different today let's listen what's robert smaller had to say and has set forth in the report after that investigation if we had come confident that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime it explains that under longstanding department policy a procedure president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office that is unconstitutional even if the church

is kept under seal and hidden from public view that too is prohibited. the special counsel's office is part of the department of justice and by regulation it was bound by that department policy charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. all of a summit in washington how has president trump responded oh yes he took to twitter immediately and he's now trying to spin this to his direction to his favor basically if you will he said that there was not sufficient evidence that everything was said about this report that he's exonerated of course and because of there is not sufficient evidence that he is innocent but again robert as mother said that there is sufficient evidence perhaps that that he simply the president cannot be indicted because of the department of justice rules and the situation the last that

a sitting president cannot be indicted so having kept quiet and silence in the during the 2 years of the investigation and since they report was published last month why is rubber bullet choosing to speak now. has been a lot of pressure mounting on robert a smaller as well on the department of justice the democrats have been calling for a complete an act of version off the report remember that the full report was published $400.00 pages of the report was published in april and a short while before that the attorney general published a 4 page summary in which she said that the president would be completely exonerated and try to keep himself out of the interpretation of the report he wanted to have the report speak for itself but that didn't really work out what happened afterwards was that a fight broke out between congress and the department of justice over and under addicted version over the interpretation of this report because the democrats in

congress are arguing that there is enough evidence on obstruction of justice to indict the president but then his attorney general has been saying the contrary and there's been a big debate going on pressure was mounting there will be legal cases to be fought about the question of subpoenas that the white house is blocking and in this situation robert a smaller felt the necessity to step out in address the public today so it doesn't sound like base is the end of the motor report saga. well perhaps it is the beginning of something new it is certainly a moment in which those who are calling for impeachment proceedings in the democratic party they feel emboldened right now and it is also a setback for the witch hunt rhetoric of the u.s. president of silence in washington thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and they should

watch strikers closed argentina's schools offices and banks and brought the country's airports to a standstill unions call the action in protest against president married sira matters austerity measures that demanding that the government back salary increases in line with inflation and tackles high unemployment. police in bangladesh charging 16 suspects in a murder case that sparked protests across the country 19 year old john rafi was burned to death last month after she withdrew refused to withdraw sexual harassment charges against the principle of islamic school. us pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has gone on trial in a multi $1000000000.00 lawsuit brought by the u.s. state of oklahoma prosecutors accuse the company of marketing opioid painkillers deceptively and downplaying the risk of addiction the outcome of the trial could affect negotiations in thousands of similar cases across the country.

strike zone jihad is controlled areas of northwestern syria have led to 10 more civilian deaths that's according to a briton based monitoring group most were in the in a village in italy province it live is the last an area in syria to be largely controlled by factions fighting the government around 3000000 people live in the region well than half of whom are refugees. in the immediate aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in paris this morning a man and 2 children are reported killed several more injured most residents fled this village in southern did live long ago. killing children and destroying cities for a month and a half when 8 helicopters circle over a village they don't kill terrorists they killed civilians. despite the ceasefire airstrikes have been nonstop markets and schools have been hit repeatedly. the u.n. says over 20 clinics and hospitals have been attacked since the beginning of may

more people are killed nearly every day 50 civilians this week alone according to observers. president bashar assad's troops are moving in and it's live engaging in fierce battles with radical islamist militias the un security council says a further escalation would threaten civilian lives what you will do to protect civilians in the latest example of an entirely known predictable and preventable humanitarian disaster activists say these burning fields of grain following heavy bombardment are evidence of the regimes scorched earth policy to ultimately starve people out thousands of refugees have been stranded at the turkish border after a long exodus without hope or prospects. if i were to become britain's next prime minister foreign secretary boris johnson has been told that he must appear in court

as he lied to just trying to 16 referendum the case concerns they believe campaigners claim that britain would say sorry 150000000 pounds a week if it left the european union a private prosecution against mr johnson who was a prominent leave time has been brought by business when marcus. accused. well basically boris johnson sais as excuse accusations of misconduct in public office and that means in concrete terms that boris johnson is accused of having lied to the public during the leaf can paint 3 years ago in the referendum he was saying that the u.k. is spending 350000000 pounds a week to the european union and the actual number is much lower because the european union is actually paying weekly back to the u.k.

so he was lying back then into private prosecutor took it into his own hands to bring this case forward he collected 200000 pounds via crowd funding collected evidence brought it in front of a judge and the judge today then ruled that boris johnson has to appear in front of the court physically for a preliminary hearing and that will happen within the next 3 or 4 weeks and then this will move to trial to the crown court where a jury will hear this case but that could take 6 months. why. this private prosecution. well he basically wanted to set a legal precedent he said this was a case of lying to the public he said he was sick of politicians lying to the public and that is why he decided to take matters into his own hands and set

a precedent so this doesn't happen anymore so how is this likely to affect. to replace theresa may i ask conservative party leader and indeed as prime minister. well i don't think it's going to hurt him so much 2 reasons for that 1st of all the trial is far away as i've mentioned it's another 6 months until this will be hurt hurt and caught and then on the other hand the charge of leadership came out today in support of johnson saying basically that this was a witch hunt that boris johnson executed free speech so this those tories are going to vote for him in the leadership contest and if john sununu makes it to the final to the party base will vote on the final 2 candidates and. stream the party with the party base so his chances are still very high to become the next prime minister of the u.k. charlotte. nigeria's president mohamed dubai has been

sworn in for a 2nd and final term the 76 year old took the oath of office ceremony in the capital but did not give an inaugural address and event was family located on the tended by a number of regional leaders. correspondent. was there. people are picking up here at eagle square if you look to my right that's the stage for a president who hari was sworn in for a 2nd time in his lifetime but this time around the ceremony was rather low key was rather short as well due to security concerns but also due to the fact that democracy day that usually takes place in may 29th has been moved to june 12th is another reason though why probably it's better to make sure that this integration is quite low key and that has to do with a reservation and skepticism among many nigerians who did not vote for president

bihari 2nd term and for a p.c. policy especially young voters that i've spoken to said they are not satisfied with the results of president 1st day we really want change in this country they want to make sure that the economy is really revamped that the corruption is really swept away in nigeria and that there's stability and security in this country a lot of homework for president hu hari that he's basically inheriting from his 1st term in office as he's trying to fulfill these promises and this time around as he says he wants to make sure that the youth is becoming the future of. finnish and a budget family friends and fans pay their respects so that. mickey lauder in his home city of vienna today to the public until midday this was the 1st time a memorial mass for an athlete has been held inside cities like comics and stephen's cathedral of a lot of betide 985 but remain active in the sport throughout his life will be

buried at a family ceremony later. it's from top story his 1st public comments regarding his investigation u.s. special counsel has said this indictment has to trump was never an option and justice department guidelines for separate charging the sitting president to take confidence president did not commit a crime. what a sense of. business africa up next with benefits only good news. is quite as simple as it seems. to understand the world better we need to take a closer. experience

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